[visionlist] Death of Dr. Robert Barlow, Syracuse

[Edwina Charlton]

Dr. Robert "Bob" Barlow Jr. December 24, 2009 Dr. Robert B. "Bob" Barlow
Jr., 70, of Jamesville, NY, and Woods Hole, MA, passed away December 24,
2009, after a battle with leukemia. Bob was born in Trenton, NJ, and lived
in Freehold, NJ, where he met his wife, of 48 years, Patricia. He graduated
from the Peddie School in New Jersey, received his bachelor's from Bowdoin
College and his doctorate from Rockefeller University in New York City.
After Rockefeller, Bob became a scientist, researcher and professor at
Syracuse University for 28 years until the late 1990s, when he joined the
faculty at Upstate Medical University. There, he was the driving force that
established the Center for Vision Research, a group now that numbers 50
people and is the largest clinically focused research group at Upstate
Medical. His leadership was critical in establishing the SUNY Upstate
Foundation's endowment to support vision research and the SUNY Eye
Institute, a collaboration of all four SUNY medical schools performing
vision research. Bob had been the recipient of many awards, including the
President's Award for Excellence and Leadership in Research at Upstate
Medical University in 2002, Senior Scientist Award-Research to Prevent
Blindness in 2005, State University of New York Chancellor's Award for
Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities in 2007, and the ARVO Gold
Fellow in 2009. He also held leadership positions on several boards,
including being a vice president of the board of trustees of the Association
for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, on the board of trustees of the
Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and a director
for the Doreen Grace Brain Center in Mashpee, Massachusetts. He had been a
visiting scholar at Harvard University, University of Cambridge in England,
and the University of Tsukuba in Japan and had a long list of invited
presentations as a lecturer. He had been featured in many scientific
journals and programs, including Nature Magazine, Discovery Channel and the
BBC. His work has also been published in more than 103 scientific papers,
and there are five more that will be published posthumously. And last, due
to his thoughtful preparation, his important work on macular degeneration
will be continued under the guidance of his colleagues at Upstate Medical.
Bob had many passions outside of the lab, most of which involved the water.
He loved to swim, scuba dive and fish on his boat, the "Jimbo." During the
summers at Woods Hole, he made a ritual of swimming every day, usually off
Nobska Beach, and even swam across Vineyard Sound and Buzzard's Bay. Back in
Syracuse, when not at home or the lab, he could be found in a pool swimming
masters or heading to a Syracuse University basketball game. He was also an
active member of the Pompey Lions Club. Bob is survived by his wife,
Patricia; his three children, Kimberly (Braith) Kelly of Connecticut, Jill
(Mark) Bloom of Maryland and Jack (Alison) Barlow of Massachusetts; seven
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; his brother, James Barlow; his
sister Margaret Jane Lawson; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Bob's
family has decided to hold a private service for immediate family members to
remember his life. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be
made in Bob's name to either Vision Research Fund, 311, Upstate Medical
University Foundation, 750 East Adams Street, CAB 326, Syracuse, NY 13210
(315) 464-4416 or The Marine Biological Laboratories, 7 MBL Street, Woods
Hole, MA 02543 (508) 289-4751.
Published in Syracuse Post Standard on January 3, 2010
Remembrances may be sent to: www.upstate.edu/barlow/ 
A Service of Remembrance and Celebration of the Life of Robert B. Barlow,
PhD will be held Friday, February 5, 2010 from 3-4 pm at SUNY Upstate
Medical University in the 9th Floor Auditorium, Weiskotten Hall, 766 Irving
Avenue, Syracuse, NY.
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